The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-12-14
LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE.
Open Letter on Sunday Newspaper 8.

To the Editor of the Indianapolis Journal
have been reading this forenoon a Sunday
paper. mistook it in buying, suDposing it to
be Commercial Gazette of Saturday morning.
One principal reason had for buying it was
that have found the Indianapolis Journal of
Monday morning a rather lean paper. On re-
ceiving it at the postofice it has felt light, it
looked slim, and appeared like some other thing
I had seen, with about half the wind gone
out of it. When come to read it I
tempted to liken it unto Monday dinner,
where the cook was engaged in her washing
that she could furnish nothing better than q
hash a few turkey bones. When I changed,
or dropped. the Cincinnati Gazette few years
ago it was because did not like it's marriage to
the Commercial It was too much like a lady
of refinement. Of faith in principles Of righteous
ness, of temper am emit and virtuons character,
dding herself to one who possessed only the
opposite of all those named. How well these
two antipode ans have got along since their nup-
tials were consummated it is not for me to say
in this communication. It is certain, however,
that the bride-the Gazette-of that unnatural
alliance has suffered loss of estate, good estate,
and is proving that policy, politics, and money
corrupting, and lead to prostitution. I have
read in this issue of yesterday column of
criticisms on preachers" who proclaim against
Sabbath dissertation, and emphasize their
particular. Well it is only one
column of prostitution. and it will be when the
prophets of Baal poured water once, twice,
thrice upon the altar of Elijah in order to ex-
tinguish the fire that consuming the wood.
but without avail. So will it be with all those
who endeavor to e1Sineuish the fire OF Gods
word.
/ read also in this Commercial Gazette of
Sunday what ought to have been in your paper
of this morning (Monday). It is the admirable
charge of Judge jackson to the jury in the case
Of the United States against Harper. of the Fidel
ity Bank of Cincinnati I say it ought to have
been found in your Monday morning issue, and
not in Sunday paper. / that you
are making your Sunday paper very attractive.
very newsy, very weghty and a very unproft-
able substitute for good sermons and religious
literature. But you afford to deplete
your Monday paper in important news and facts
to make it hardly third-clas in order TO have
a first-class Sunday paper2 Can you compel the
taking and reading OF Sunday paper such
questionable line of policy2 Would you have
the "preschers" trample down a law written not
only their hearts. but the hearts of
all truly christianiZed peoplel Would you stif1e
conscience on this subject in America, and there
by destroy one of the most potent factors in
would not have his boy swear and lie, he must
neither swear nor lie himself. and must teach
his boy that it Is exceedingly sinful to do so.
If it is very important that all business shall
cease on Sunday. all liquor-selling and gambling
suspend their Ubiquitous trades, .hen, indeed, il
is important that all newspapers shall take off
their ron-heeled boots that day. for 1t is holy
ground. S. Fl. POTTER.
TERRE HAUTE Dec 10